On 08-Jun-07, at 03:12 , Smokey Ardisson wrote: > At 3:47 AM +0530 on 6/7/07, Livin Stephen Sharma wrote: > >> I opt-click 'coz I *want* the save-as dialog >> I use this feature to directly save to a location (possibly with a >> file-name of my choosing) without having to browse to my cluttered >> downloads folder. >> Is this going to go away ? (I really hope not!) > > Yes, showing the dialogue on opt-click is a bug that will be fixed. > It's completely non-standard Mac behavior. > > Ctrl-click and choosing "Download Link Target" will continue to > perform the current behavior. >
In that case, I'm hoping it's low-priority bug.. (: But on a serious note: standard-mac-behaviour or not, option-click is something I argue for Keeping. Not everyone, and certainly not everyone all of the time, wants their downloads to go to the 'downloads' directory. Consider Apple's Mail: with attachments, it offers a context-menu item for BOTH behaviours - a 'download dir' option, as well as a 'Save-As' option. The mac-standard-behaviour which saves to a fixed location (say, ~/ Library/Mail Downloads), for those who desire it, is ALSO conveniently packed into the very-visible "Save" button near the Mail- Headers. Location is one thing: filenames is another independent reason why Save-As is indispensable (to a few? many? most? just Me?). I may want to save from a web-location that offers gobbledygook for filenames - opt-click (or any Save-As functionality) can be a boon. With the simple fact that I have my work email account, as well as my personal email-accounts configured within mail, who's to say that I'm supposed to save all my attachments into a single location and Then go *browse* for it to Sort it into the Proper location where I really want it to be, or to rename it to what I want it to be. With OS X, I can't even Command-X in Finder to cut a file or directory to move it elsewhere - I have to Drag'nDrop (and even then, it might require a Command or Option modifier while dropping the file depending on whether the destination is on the same Drive or not). I like this whole thing (actually a couple of little and connected tasks - save+rename) done in one shot. Not necessarily in one click. That's just my 2c on the subject. Thanks again. LSS _______________________________________________ Camino mailing list [email protected] http://mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/camino
